Window-screen.



No 828,737; iATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

G. W. MQPARLAND.

WINDOW SGREEN.

APPLIOATIOH FILED 1330.1, 1905.

m /l y #iITNESSES: [NVENTOR 901M neeewe'r.

' at Dayto izo th e wire-cloth to t int-he'aeoo'mpan verse section ofUNITED ST T S PA rENT OFFICE. V

GEORGE. W. MQFARLAND, OFDAYJON, oino.

WINDOW-SCREEN.

To all whom-it mqly coricem:- e Y Be itknown-thiitil Gnonon W. MOFAB-mm, a oitizenof the nited States, residing n,-' (address Lock-Box 478,)in the county of Montgomery e'ndfitate of have xnventeicertain new 'and"useful Inirovlements in Vlfindow-"Soreens; and I do ere y declarewillenable others'skilled the art to ap erteins torneke and use theseme,d o ew pa y and to the oheraoters'of reference thereon, which form; a.part of this specification. I

M invention relates to improvements in win 0 -soreens, the features ofwhich will be full hereinafter desoribed end-claimed. he object of minvention isto connect e frame -in a convenient and 'substs.ntia.lmanner and so that the same can be detached when requiredi i Themechanical oonetruoti'onis illustreted y'ing in whichfront .elevationofthe im- Fig.v 2 is an enlargedtmnsone side of the freme. Like lettersand runner ls designate like parts throughout both views.

The frameA is of metal and with .the deep groovell throughout t e len ofthe sides and-tho top an bottom. s

Figure 1 15 e. proved screen.

Specification of Letters Patent. Loplloation filorll ocemher 1. 905.Serial momma.

Ohio,

that the followingisa foil, -oleai and elxaotdesoription of theinvention) which reference dra 'n'mrk wardly,

-substantielly as d8SC1'1l)d.,

' two witnesses.

Gnome W.-M0FARLAND.I

is rovidedl Patented June 19, 1906.

oove inclines very slightly, giving. greater width at the bottom. Thesmell tubes B, having extensions equal to the sides of'the fi ame, are.ndepted to be forced into said grooves. These light tubes are outthrough, as shown at 2, Fig. 2, thus forming a longitudinal slot thefull length, and thus are rendered slightly compressible. Theoperation-of at teohment is to place the wire-cloth over the frame and{hen press the tubing or spline overthe grooves until the cloth iscarried fully into 's'eid grooves. The resiliency of the metal makes theholdingseeure against the 45 inclined sides of the groove. w To releasethe wire-cloth, it is only news sag to lift the sglines out of position,aving fully e l 5 In an im rov window-screen the oombi- V nation of t eframe with groove enlnrgedinthe resilient slotted tubes forming a.filling-piece adapted to be inserted in said groove, the wire fabrie tobe engaged therein,

In testimony that I olairn the foregoing as my own 1 affix. my signatureinpresenoe o ascribed my invention-,what -Ioleimis:-

